A thread titled “I’m a 34-year-old single man — is there still time for me?” went up on the NanJ (Nandemo Jikkyou G) board, sparking a flood of replies about the age standards men and women face in the marriage market. The discussion spread to dating-app war stories and a debate over the recently intensifying trend of “bashing singles.”
Can I still get married?
That's like being 31 for a woman
>>5
That's over, man
That's over, man
>>5
That's totally over!
That's totally over!
Final turn
Men: 35
Women: 32
Semifinal
Men: 32
Women: 29
Men: 35
Women: 32
Semifinal
Men: 32
Women: 29
>>10
If a guy's good-looking or already married, he'll stay popular up to 45
If a guy's good-looking or already married, he'll stay popular up to 45
>>18
For guys, if she's thinking about kids, 38 is the cutoff — before you even start dating
For guys, if she's thinking about kids, 38 is the cutoff — before you even start dating
>>18
If you get married at 45 and have a kid, you'll be about 70 by the time that kid turns 20…
If you get married at 45 and have a kid, you'll be about 70 by the time that kid turns 20…
Then why can you even work a smartphone?
>>12
Are you a NEET or something
Are you a NEET or something
Still plenty of time left
If anything, OP's charm really blooms once he hits his 40s
If anything, OP's charm really blooms once he hits his 40s
>>17
Classic Girls Channel "devil whisper" — right on schedule (a false-hope line women's forums are known for)
Classic Girls Channel "devil whisper" — right on schedule (a false-hope line women's forums are known for)
This is seriously rough
Somebody should've told me men have an age limit too
Somebody should've told me men have an age limit too
>>30
Just go read this
https://note.com/maglev_6785/n/n60f98fc9beea
Just go read this
https://note.com/maglev_6785/n/n60f98fc9beea
If you're a guy you've got plenty of time
>>31
If it's so easy, tell me how to actually get married then
If it's so easy, tell me how to actually get married then
>>34
If a woman you met on a dating app is only a little odd, don't cut her off after one date — do 6 meals/dates with her
You'll grow attached and end up dating
If a woman you met on a dating app is only a little odd, don't cut her off after one date — do 6 meals/dates with her
You'll grow attached and end up dating
>>34
How many people have you met through dating apps?
I met 30 before I finally managed to date just one
How many people have you met through dating apps?
I met 30 before I finally managed to date just one
What have you been doing this whole time?
Your old classmates started raising kids ages ago
Your old classmates started raising kids ages ago
>>38
Stop talking about parenting
That one seriously hurts
Stop talking about parenting
That one seriously hurts
>>38
My classmate's kid (7th grader): "Nice to meet you, mister!"
My classmate's kid (7th grader): "Nice to meet you, mister!"
I'm 36, "years without a girlfriend" = my age ← how about this one?
>>43
Lol, you're even worse off than me
Lol, you're even worse off than me
>>52
About 2 a month I'd say
About 2 a month I'd say
>>53
It's fine to pay for the dating app — just match with tons of people and try juggling conversations with 5 at once
Fake being popular and your mindset changes too
It's fine to pay for the dating app — just match with tons of people and try juggling conversations with 5 at once
Fake being popular and your mindset changes too
>>58
I'm already paying and this is still where I'm at…
I'm already paying and this is still where I'm at…
That's the thing
By 34 you'd normally already be raising kids
By 34 you'd normally already be raising kids
>>59
Right? That's the age where your oldest is in 1st grade and your third kid is being born
Right? That's the age where your oldest is in 1st grade and your third kid is being born
Well, it's fine — being single is just a Reiwa-era lifestyle too
>>66
Sorry, but I have no intention of ending up a loser like you
Sorry, but I have no intention of ending up a loser like you
>>66
Honestly that's kind of a devil's whisper too. Plenty of almost-40 singles out there swallowed that line whole
Honestly that's kind of a devil's whisper too. Plenty of almost-40 singles out there swallowed that line whole
I think a brutal wave of single-bashing is coming, so you'd seriously better hurry up and get married
>>72
It's already here
Even NanJ is starting to feel like there's no place left for us
It's already here
Even NanJ is starting to feel like there's no place left for us
What's with all this single-bashing lately?
"Freeloading off social infrastructure" — that logic makes no sense, it's absurd
"Freeloading off social infrastructure" — that logic makes no sense, it's absurd
>>85
Guess it just means more NanJ regulars are getting married these days
Guess it just means more NanJ regulars are getting married these days
>>85
They've always fought it out on the front lines online over academic background and job-hunting, so naturally the next life stage is marriage and childrearing
It's just the guys who can't catch that wave who are drowning in misery
They've always fought it out on the front lines online over academic background and job-hunting, so naturally the next life stage is marriage and childrearing
It's just the guys who can't catch that wave who are drowning in misery
>>85
"Freeloading off social infrastructure" is dead-on correct though
You're just consuming without investing in the future through kids
"Freeloading off social infrastructure" is dead-on correct though
You're just consuming without investing in the future through kids
*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (NanJ) thread “I’m a 34-year-old single man — is there still time for me?”
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